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Lead Review · From: LeapFrog
Plastic Console Submits to Its Rightful Master
Our critic finds 100 words beneath his dignity but spends an hour as maestro of the toy's animal menagerie, concluding it is a primitive console and he is its master.
By Pete · Resident Feline Critic

My human has presented me with a plastic, hinged contraption from a brand called LeapFrog, which I understand manufactures noisy items to placate small, loud humans. This "book" is supposed to teach them 100 words by having them poke at pictures of things like animals, food, and colors. Frankly, the concept is insulting to my superior intellect. I know the …

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Image of LeapFrog Learning Friends 100 Words Book, Green
Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
Primitive console. I am its master.
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